Sr. Security Engineer, Leo Security

Amazon; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 178,400 - 226,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon in Redmond is seeking a Security Engineer for Project Leo to ensure the security of satellite operations and customer data. You will work closely with various teams, establishing security protocols and mentoring team members.

The ideal candidate has extensive programming experience, familiarity with satellite technologies, and strong analytical skills.

Amazon values diversity and offers a dynamic work environment with robust benefits and work-life balance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of scripting and programming experience.
• 8+ years delivering security assessments or reviews.
• Experience assessing security of distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Establish product-specific security bar and threat models.
• Support product development processes with security consultations.
• Measure security execution and guide teams towards outcomes.

Skills

Scripting

Programming

Security Code Review

Analytical Skills

Embedded Systems

Cloud-native Security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS, CE, or related field

Master’s degree in Cybersecurity

Tools

Python

Java

Rust

Go

C/C++

Job description

ID lavoro: 10399625 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Project Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low‑latency, high‑speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

Have you wanted an opportunity to secure an advanced satellite‑based broadband telecom service? The Leo Security team owns the security of product and operations of Project Leo end‑to‑end. We provide the necessary infrastructure and mechanisms to ensure the security of our satellite constellation and to protect the integrity and confidentiality of our customer data. Our team drives the research, development, deployment and operation of several mission‑critical security systems and mechanisms. You will work in a start‑up like environment, backed by Amazon’s infrastructure to bootstrap security mechanisms, and help instill the security culture in the organization.

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Establish product‑specific security bar, threat models, and security priorities to aid builders in ensuring consistent security execution across the business.
• Identify design and implementation defects.
• Support product development processes by providing consultation services on difficult security decisions.
• Collaborate with business leaders to define security priorities and act as a trusted advisor.
• Measure security execution and guide teams toward outcomes that produce products that safely handle customer data.
• Collaborate with builder teams to assess technical debt and risk, providing strategic direction that addresses vulnerabilities and fortifies our products.
• Lead the burn‑down of long‑term risk and invent secure‑by‑default solutions when they do not exist.
• Advocate for creation and deployment of new testing tools and detection mechanisms, leveraging support from automation teams.
• Enable builder teams to become proactive and self‑sufficient on security, ensuring they use appropriate security linting and static analysis tools.
• Mentor builders aspiring to become security advocates and security engineers through one‑on‑one sessions and office hours.
• Assist Red Teams in identifying security testing priorities, scoping penetration tests, and deep‑diving on engagements.
• Investigate emerging security issues, root‑cause them, and devise mechanisms to prevent them.
• Propose a security vision for the business that protects our customers.

A Day in the Life

In this highly dynamic role, you’ll be accountable for deciding where your time investments provide the most value. You will have a blend of proactive and reactive work. Teams will reach out for ideas on how to handle a wide variety of security problems. You can anticipate implementation questions such as:

• “What’s the right way to handle authentication tokens in service‑to‑service communications?”
• “We need to define security requirements for a confidential new product launch.”
• “We’ve experienced an incident and need to perform a 5‑why’s analysis to identify and correct the problem that produced the incident.”

When you’re not responding to builder teams’ questions, you will evaluate overall org performance to identify architectural defects and propose new security initiatives to correct problems in the organization. You will help Amazon maintain a high bar for customer security.

About the Team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge‑sharing, training, and other career‑advancing resources to help you develop into a better‑rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work‑life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS, CE, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years delivering security assessments or reviews.
• 5+ years experience assessing the security of distributed software systems in Python, Java, Rust, Go, or C/C++.
• 3+ years experience delivering security for cloud‑native and embedded environments.
• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related field.
• Experience performing and/or participating in technical security assessments, e.g., code and design level assessments.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations.
• Familiarity with programming and scripting or experience developing security tools and processes that work at scale.
• Experience triaging security risks and ensuring they are properly understood by the business and mitigated.
• Hands‑on experience with satellite communications and management software.
• Experience with low‑level programming and embedded systems.

Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence; communicate effectively and respectfully; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually in Redmond, WA. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance, supplemental life plans, EAP, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.